The members' emergency response backgrounds and their excellent reaction times to incidents are some of the team's biggest contributions to the project's safety program.
The Aug. 26-29 national conference, one of the top annual events on the safety community's calendar, will take place at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville.
The June 8-11 event in Orlando will be here before you know it, and it follows a highly successful conference in another prime destination, Las Vegas.
Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow discusses the lessons for employers in a study that involved resuscitation training and AEDs that provide real-time CPR feedback.
"We have always had a one-size-fits-all approach, blanketing a whole area with CPR training, and we assume that will get to everyone," said Dr. Comilla Sasson, M.D., MS, the statement's lead author.
"Emergency systems everywhere should aspire to be Boston strong," the magazine's editorial states.
Online CPR and first aid certification is a fast, convenient, and appallingly common sham.
Manufacturers will be required to submit premarket approval applications. The proposed order is necessary because adverse event reports more than doubled from 2005 to 2010 and continue to rise, according to the agency.
A March 2012 article published by IEEE Spectrum won one of the highest awards given for excellence in business-to-business media on March 12.
From the NECC fungal infection nightmare to a record payment to NHTSA for not reporting vehicle safety defects in a timely manner, there are more than enough items on 2012's Worst Actor list. Fortunately, Best Actor contenders are even more plentiful.
In a new scientific statement published in Circulation, the American Heart Association says this could boost the number of bystanders willing to intervene.
The proposed levy rate of 33.5 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation means the average homeowner will pay approximately $107 a year in 2014 to fund its services.
New York City officials celebrated both milestones achieved during 2012.
Workplace AED response is quicker and more effective than waiting for EMS. Speed is the most important factor in saving the life of a sudden cardiac arrest victim.
One completed OSHA action ushered in the era of workers' right to understand, while a still pending crystalline silica rule could have international significance.
The Guilford, Conn.-based manufacturer of AEDs and other resuscitation equipment will continue to operate independently as a wholly owned subsidiary of Delaware-based Resuscitation Solution Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Nihon Kohden.
The New Orleans EMS received the 2012 Dick Ferneau Paid EMS Service of the Year Award at last week’s conference.
Many EMS professionals complete skill refreshers every 90 days to keep their skills current. A hands-on skill session every 90 days is ideal for workplace lay responders.
The National Safety Council celebrated its centennial in style, although not without some grumbling from exhibitors, and looked forward to the next chapter in its long history of service and advocacy.
Certain Samaritan 300/300P PAD public access defibrillators made before December 2010 intermittently turn on and off, which eventually may deplete their batteries, the company announced.